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The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner. Englished and Illustrated with Figures Throughout: and Notes upon Ye Chapters of Ye Ordinary Motions of Ye Phalange. [Translator's dedication signed: Io: Bingham.]
by Aelianus
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- Contemporary speckled calf, tooled and blocked in gilt. Provenance: Walter Steuart (early inscriptions)
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London: The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Arm, 1616. First Edition in English, In this Earliest state the contents begin on p. 5. Engraved title, 50 engraved plates. (Title shaved at upper margin with a little loss.). The title page is engraved and signed: Egidius Gelius sculpsit A 1616 Woudrichemij in Hollandia. (with repair) [6], 7, [1], 7-159, [9] p. Folio. Contemporary speckled calf, tooled and blocked in gilt. Provenance: Walter Steuart (early inscriptions). First Edition in English, In this Earliest state the contents begin on p. 5. Engraved title, 50 engraved plates. (Title shaved at upper margin with a little loss.). The title page is engraved and signed: Egidius Gelius sculpsit A 1616 Woudrichemij in Hollandia. (with repair) [6], 7, [1], 7-159, [9] p. Folio. The Tactiks of Aelian is a handbook of Greek, i.e. Macedonian, drill and tactics as practiced by the Hellenistic successors of Alexander the Great. ESTC S106791; STC (2nd ed.), 161
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- The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner. Englished and Illustrated with Figures Throughout: and Notes upon Ye Chapters of Ye Ordinary Motions of Ye Phalange. [Translator's dedication signed: Io: Bingham.]
- Author
- Aelianus
- Format/Binding
- Engraved title, 50 engraved plates. (Title shaved at upper margin with a little loss.). The title page is engraved and signed: E
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary speckled calf, tooled and blocked in gilt. Provenance: Walter Steuart (early inscriptions)
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- First Edition in English, In this Earliest state the contents be
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- The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Arm
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1616
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- Military
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